Is the Middle East Heading Toward a New Storm?
Dr. Mandel in Conversation with Former 8200 Commander Hanan Gefen. Dear MEPIN Readers, In my conversation with Brig. Gen. (res.) Hanan Gefen, former commander of the IDF’s elite 8200 Intelligence…
How the Iran war affects Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip
Members of Palestinian Hamas’s Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades and Islamic Jihad’s Quds Brigades are deployed at intersections for Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan,…
What’s next for Lebanon? Observations from the border
Southern Lebanon villages. Photo by Eric Mandel. For the country north of Israel to escape permanent state failure, the restoration of a strong centralized government, free of Hezbollah’s coercion, is…
Israel’s internal security threat
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long career has depended on the support of ultra-Orthodox parties, which have extracted disproportionate benefits in exchange for coalition loyalty. Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images Allowing…
Remaking Israel’s Navy
MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images Hamas’s surprise assault forced Israel to rethink its maritime defense, offering lessons to the US Navy When Hamas terrorists landed on Israel’s Zikim Beach on…
Hamas, not the IDF, endangers Gazan civilians
A BOY holds a sign that reads: ‘We will not be displaced. Stop our extermination,’ this week in Gaza City. Hamas, not Israel, is responsible for civilian harm, yet much…
Is Gideon’s Chariots the right strategy?
MILITARY VEHICLES stand on the Israel-Gaza border this week. Operation Gideon’s Chariots may finally be the correct operation to deal effectively with Hamas’s military and governing structure, says the writer.(photo…
Israel’s Elite Unit 669 and the scars its members hide
On Sunday, July 12, 2020, the establishment ceremony of the wing that unites all the special air forces in the army was held. The wing includes, among others, the “Shaldag”…
After Hezbollah, is Iran next?
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian meets France’s President Emmanuel Macron inNew York City on September 24, 2024. WANA/REUTERS Last year, veteran Middle East negotiator Dennis Ross said that as someone who…
A nuclear Iran?
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meet at the Pentagon in Washington on June 25. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Why now more than ever, deterrence requires…